Hope you're doing well. This month I posted 2 summaries and 2 blog posts. Book summaries
Blog posts Both blog posts this month are offshoots from The Book of Why. They can largely be read as standalone pieces, but the causal diagrams may be a bit confusing.
I'm currently working on a summary for Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein. While I don't usually pay close attention to the news, the events over the past month have made me want to try and better understand US politics. So you can look forward to that in a week or two. Thanks and until next time, To Summarise |
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Hope you've all had a good June. I've only posted 1 book summary and 2 blog posts: Book summaries Deep Utopia by Nick Bostrom (22 mins) — this weird book explores the question of what utopia could look like and what problems might be left after we've reached a state of technological maturity. Blog posts — both posts this month came about as I've been thinking and reading about the economics of AI. I'm planning to do a third post that will address that more directly, but these two lay the...
My latest summary is for Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World by Nick Bostrom, a former Oxford professor in philosophy. The books explores the question of what utopia could look like if technological progress goes as well as it possibly could, and what problems might still be left. As usual, the key takeaways are below, and you can find the full summary by clicking the link above. KEY TAKEAWAYS Bostrom explores what utopia could look like if we reached a state of technological...
After a month off in April, I got back to posting my usual 2 summaries this month: Book summaries The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker (23 mins) — an easy-to-read book with helpful advice on how to host meaningful social gatherings. The New Map by Daniel Yergin (28 mins) — a denser read that explains how energy security affects geopolitics and how the fracking boom and green energy transition have altered some of those dynamics. My next summary will be for Deep Utopia by Nick Bostrom, which...